hi,
is it possible to start a c_trace from a view entity?

how can i do that?

It'd be something like this:

thnx,
but no solution
it doesnt work

i want to start a c_trace from a view entity
but the c_trace starts in the middle of the lvl

look here is the code i use

vec_set(trace_coords.x, vector(1500, 0, 0));
vec_rotate(trace_coords.x, laser_gun.pan);
vec_add(trace_coords.x, laser_gun.x);
if (c_trace(laser_gun.x, trace_coords.x, IGNORE_ME ) > 0) // hit something?
{
draw_line3d(my.x,NULL,100);
draw_line3d(my.x,COLOR_RED,100);
draw_line3d(target.x,COLOR_RED,100);
draw_point3d(target.x,COLOR_RED,100,3);
}

maybe i need to use vec_for_screen
but i do not know how

vec_for_screen is used to convert screen coordinates into world coordinates. However, as view entities are located neither in sceen space nor in world space but in view space, vec_for_screen alone is not enough: Before using vec_for_screen you have to use rel_to_screen to convert the view entity's coordinates into screen coordinates.

So just add a rel_to_sceen to Walori's code. This should do the trick.

i was trying but i find no solution

The view entity is inside the camera, so you can use


[EDIT]
in case you want to have 'offset' from the lasergun.x


Warning: the code is not tested

i got it tnx